"A woman who explores the depths of her despair or depression isn’t typically valorized as a hero on..."

“A woman who explores the depths of her despair or depression isn’t typically valorized as a hero on a fearless quest to render ‘any darkness visible,’ but is instead perceived as a redundant example of female vulnerability, fragility, or self-destructiveness.”

- Maggie Nelson, The Art of Cruelty (via lesepaules)